Member statements

The Children’s Amendment Bill does not sufficiently protect the rights of children with disabilities. It is silent on special care centres for learners with disabilities. These centres are NGOs [...]

For the attention of the Committee Secretaries; Mr D Arends and Mr L Nodada  Submission produced and endorsed by: #PayTheGrants of the Cash Transfers subgroup and the Education subgroup of the [...]

For Immediate Release 13 November 2020  Global South Against Xenophobia (GSAX) of the COVID-19 People’s Coalition strongly condemns the Department of Home Affairs’ decision to deport 20 asylum [...]

Published by Daily Maverick as “Respect the critical role teachers and principals play, and stop treating them as commodities” C19 ECD and Basic Education Working Group Good, critical teachers [...]

For Immediate Release 6 October 2020 On 7 and 8 October 2020, Department of Social Development (DSD) Minister Lindiwe Zulu and eight MECs are to appear in the High Court for their role in the [...]

28 August 2020 For Immediate Release Almost five months have passed since the announcement of the lockdown. While South Africans apprehensively welcome level two, many have experienced increased [...]

Today marks the start of a week-long national protest (17 to 21 August) by members of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) community and supporters of their plight. They are protesting against [...]

The 16th of August 2020 will mark the eighth anniversary of the Marikana massacre. Each passing year is another without justice for the mineworkers and their families. This is evidenced by the [...]

9 August 2020 For Immediate Release In commemoration of Women’s Day, the Community Organising Working Group (COWG), an affiliate of the C-19 Peoples’ Coalition, has organized Working-Class Women [...]

10 August 2020 For Immediate Release #itdoesntaddup #saveourECDworkforce #ECDcontinuitygrant #ECDSOS “I understand the need to employ, especially our youth. But this is a smack in our faces… this [...]